The invention provides processes for coating the surface of substrates
such as a sheet, film, foam, fiber, etc., with a curable liquid resin or
solution of curable resin, then in one embodiment, stably attaching a
superabsorbent polymeric powder to such resin, and then curing the resin
to form a coated superabsorbent product. Such substrates may include
polymeric materials. Other process embodiments utilizing curable and
thermoplastic resinous powders may be used instead of curable liquid
resins and resulting products are included in the invention. The coated
product has reduced particle agglomeration and particle loss due to the
curing or melting steps. The thin, superabsorbent powder adhered, films
may be used as an absorbent core for a wide variety of absorbent
products. The product can be interposed between sheets to form disposable
absorbent products such as diapers, bandages, water and nutrient
retention elements, erosion control devices and elements thereof, etc. or
used on one side to form cleaning products.